[HoneyBadger]

Yes, I agree-I've read fantasy since I was about 4 years old, but as I've aged-I'm turning 30 (scary!) in a week-my tastes have changed. I don't put up with books that don't grab me and compel me to read them. I simply don't have patience for them and lose interest. Right now I'm reading George Alec Effinger's Audran Marid trilogy. Really excellent stuff there. It's sci-fi though, but it's the style that I appreciate. It's written for adults, about real adults, and it's interesting *to* adults-atleast to me.

A great shame that he died, especially as young as he was.
His writing is a bit like Steven Brust, when he's at his best.

Has anyone else here read Little, Big? It really is the best fantasy book I've ever read-and it's really exceptional for me to admit something like that without atleast a token reservation.

It might speak more to me than to younger or very much older readers though-I realize that I'm not ancient, but I did grow up from the 70s through the 80s to the 90s and didn't really become an "adult" until the turn of the century, and I think the book speaks to that very directly and clearly. The writing's good, and different enough that it's interesting by itself. The setting itself starts out modern, but...I won't spoil it for you.